Conditions in screens

[Pixelgames]

Hi!

I've been wondering it there's a simple way to code a simple condition inside a screen in ren'py, like:

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if i == 0:
    vbox xalign 0.99 yalign 0.01:
        imagebutton 1

else:
    vbox xalign 0.99 yalign 0.01:
        imagebutton 2

or, if not, some way to avoid the user to skip through a label with a code like:

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    if i == 0:
        
        show screen 1
        
    else:
        
        show screen 2

Either way, I need to throw a bunch of "$renpy.pause(hard=True)" in this label, to avoid the bug of returning to the main menu.

Hope I explained it well!

[Divona]

See Showif Statement. If/Elif would still work fine in Screens also.

[trooper6]

Hi!

I've been wondering it there's a simple way to code a simple condition inside a screen in ren'py, like:

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if i == 0:
    vbox xalign 0.99 yalign 0.01:
        imagebutton 1

else:
    vbox xalign 0.99 yalign 0.01:
        imagebutton 2

Either way, I need to throw a bunch of "$renpy.pause(hard=True)" in this label, to avoid the bug of returning to the main menu.

Hope I explained it well!

Have you tried making a blank project and just testing out your code idea before asking? Because I just made a screen with if/else just as you described and it worked no problem. So try things out!

Anyway, I want to address your comment about the bug of returning to the main menu. That isn't a bug. That is a misunderstanding of what screens are.

Screens are not the story. They are just UI elements.

This:

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label start:
    show screen move()
    return

is the same thing as doing this:

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label start:
    return

and if you give an empty block it is going to go back to the main menu. Not a bug.

Instead you should work on designing your game differently so that it isn't empty.

[Pixelgames]

Thanks for your answers.
The 'showif' statement is what I was looking for! I'm pretty new into ren'py, so I think I still confuse some of the basics.